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Public contract award · TED 546999-2024

RFT for the provision of a research programme to measure and analyse aspects of poverty and social inclusion in Ireland.

Department of Social Protection awarded this contract to Economic and Social Research Institute on 12 September 2024, using an open procedure, and 2 bids were received. The notice publishes a value of €404,368. The published term is 48 months, to Sept 2028.

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Who awarded it, and to whom

Public bodyDepartment of Social ProtectionSligo · 354 published awards

How big is it?

Larger than 68% of contract awards, and number 162 of 293 from this public body.

A log scale: each step is ten times the last. “Typical” is the median contract award, €200K.

How long does it run?

A published term of 4 years, to Sept 2028.

Awarded2024-09-12Ends2028-09-12

The term is the notice’s duration counted from the award date. A contract may be extended or end early; the notices do not say.

What the notice says

Procedure
Open ProcedureAny business could bid.
Competition type
BespokeA one-off contract tendered for this purchase.
Bids received
2Bids the buyer received from businesses.
Subject (CPV)
Research services
Estimated value
€303,878What the buyer expected the contract to be worth before tendering.
Buyer town
Sligo
eTenders tender ID
3499339eTenders' own page for a tender needs a free supplier login, so this record links to the OGP open data on data.gov.ie instead.
TED notice
546999-2024 (opens in a new tab)Opens the official notice on TED, the EU's public tenders site.

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"RFT for the provision of a research programme to measure and analyse aspects of poverty and social inclusion in Ireland.", contract award record on Declared (declared.ie), compiled from TED contract award notice 546999-2024. https://declared.ie/contracts/ted-546999-2024/rft-for-the-provision-of-a-research-programme-to-measure. Data refreshed 12 October 2026.

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